News from May 2007
Suspended Braxton magistrate should be paid, lawyer argues
CHARLESTON – Braxton County Magistrate Carolyn Cruickshanks cannot adequately defend herself against a criminal charge while suspended without pay, her attorney told the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals.
'That's what she said!'
One Atlanta attorney has taken her love of the NBC show "The Office" and is using it to help her clients.
Do you need a license to drive an ATV?
CHARLESTON – Drivers of all terrain vehicles don't need driver's licenses in West Virginia, but Roane County prosecutor Mark Sergent believes that anyone who loses a driver's license should lose the right to drive an ATV.
Father, daughter say they were wrongfully fired
MARTINSBURG - A father and daughter have filed a suit against their former employers, claiming they were wrongfully fired from their jobs at Augmentation Inc.
Woman sues hospital over husband's post-operation death
WHEELING - An Ohio resident has filed a medical malpractice lawsuit on behalf of her late husband against the hospital where he died while in post-operative care.
American Homes faces another lawsuit
MARTINSBURG - A home building company in Berkeley County that has been sued more than 30 times in the past eight months has been hit with another lawsuit.
Monongalia man sues another after being shot while hunting
MORGANTOWN - A Monongalia County man has filed a suit against another resident after he was shot while huntington.
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Woman says gym violated consumer credit protection act
CHARLES TOWN - A Jefferson County woman has filed a suit against a local fitness center, claiming they violated the West Virginia Consumer Credit Protection Act.
Justices refuse to expedite casino games hearing
CHARLESTON - With elections approaching in four counties on whether to allow casino games at race tracks, a nonprofit group wants the Supreme Court of Appeals to declare the games unconstitutional.
McGraw done with payday lenders
McGraw CHARLESTON -- The only payday lender left in West Virginia settled May 9 with Attorney General Darrell McGraw.
Point Pleasant candidates silent on lawsuits
Signs like this one in support of councilman-at-large candidate Gary Cotton on the corner of Jackson Avenue and 26th Street are beginning to sprout up in Point Pleasant in preparation for the upcoming May 19 election. POINT PLEASANT – Candidates for the upcoming Point Pleasant city election are either mum or wanting to take a wait-and-see approach to lawsuits involving the city.
'Everybody is afraid of Fran,' Whanger says
Hughes CHARLESTON - Bars of black ink conceal statements that Chief Deputy Attorney General Fran Hughes made under oath in a lawsuit of a former employee who claimed she worked on Attorney General Darrell McGraw's re-election campaign on taxpayer time in 2004.
Soldier sues over use of his likeness on book cover, T-shirt and action figure
CHARLESTON - A West Virginia soldier has been transformed into an international action figure, T-shirt model and book cover personality.
Sprouse suffers from selective amnesia
Jones CHARLESTON -- Senator Sprouse, as one of your constituents I have a question to ask you: "Are you not bothering to read the bills that you agree to sponsor or are you so beholden to the billion-dollar, out-of-state special interests headed by the U. S. Chamber that you are now willing to distort your own legislative record?"